Effective - 28 Aug 1939
507.120. Appointment of next friend, by whom. — The appointment of a next friend for an infant shall be made by the court in which the suit is intended to be brought, or by a judge or clerk thereof.
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(RSMo 1939 § 860)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 709; 1919 § 1166; 1909 § 1740
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XXXV - Civil Procedure and Limitations
Section 507.010 - Prosecution in name of real party in interest.
Section 507.020 - Action on claim under foreign law.
Section 507.030 - Persons having a joint interest shall be made plaintiffs — defendants, when.
Section 507.040 - Permissive joinder of parties — separate trials.
Section 507.050 - Misjoinder of parties.
Section 507.090 - Intervention — when as of right and when permissive — procedure.
Section 507.100 - Substitution of parties upon death, mental incapacity or transfer of interest.
Section 507.110 - Suits by infants, how prosecuted.
Section 507.115 - Infant defined for civil suit purposes.
Section 507.120 - Appointment of next friend, by whom.
Section 507.130 - How appointed.
Section 507.140 - Appointment when minor is under fourteen years old.
Section 507.150 - Bond of person acting for infant, when — effect of failure to give.
Section 507.160 - Bond filed, where.
Section 507.170 - Petition and appointment filed before further proceedings.
Section 507.180 - Guardian, conservator and next friend liable for costs.
Section 507.182 - Next friend, conservator, or guardian may employ attorney and incur expenses.
Section 507.188 - Disposition of proceeds of claim — discharge of next friend or guardian ad litem.
Section 507.190 - Suits against infants not to proceed without guardian ad litem.
Section 507.200 - Appointment of guardian ad litem.
Section 507.210 - Appointment of guardian ad litem, when.
Section 507.220 - Guardian ad litem, liable only for costs in case of misconduct.